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When the news that the German and Austrian coalition began to march to the Sinai Peninsula reached Cairo, the British headquarters stationed in Egypt immediately fell into panic. According to the news, the German and Austrian coalition dispatched 1.5 million troops (actually 1.1 million), and the number of attacks was five times that of the British troops stationed in Egypt and the Middle East. Now all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, and they are even more worried that the German and Austrian coalition forces have crossed the Suez River and cut off their retreat.

Worries and fear of the defense of the Suez Canal area drove the British commander-in-chief of Egypt to order to retreat across the board. His intention was to concentrate his troops on the defense of the Suez Canal. However, he did not communicate with London before giving the order, nor did he discuss with General Hamilton, the commander-in-chief of the British commander-in-chief of the Middle East.

Hamilton commanded nearly 200,000 British troops stationed in the Middle East to retreat to the Jordan River, preparing to wait for an opportunity to fight back.

This caused great chaos on the front line. After receiving the order, the British defenders in Sinai immediately abandoned the fortress and all heavy equipment, seized the opportunity to board the car, and fled to the Suez Canal area regardless of everything. The British defenders ordered to retreat had no organization or plan, let alone the so-called "alternate cover retreat". Soon the British defenders in Sinai turned the retreat into a large-scale defeat.

By the time Egyptian Governor McMahon discovered that the situation was not good, the situation on the entire front was irreversible.

The armored forces of the German and Austrians were interspersed in the desert desperately, and British troops were constantly intercepted and divided, without any resistance, and these chaotic troops surrendered. The 150,000 British troops in the entire Sinai Peninsula had fallen into a state of out of control.

The German and Austrian armored troops rushed forward and rushed to the east bank of the Suez Canal in just three days. The British Egyptian troops stationed in Sinai fled back less than 30,000 people and directly lost 120,000 troops. However, the casualties in the battle were not very large. In the entire Battle of Sinai, there were only more than 3,000 British troops killed, and less than 15,000 injured. The rest became prisoners without any battle.

The British Army's level is surprising, and its combat effectiveness is really comparable to that of the Italians, which is in sharp contrast to their navy. In fact, in the Battle of Tobrook, the decline of the British army could have been seen. If the Serbs and two Australian and New Zealand divisions had not fought desperately, Cyrenaga's British army might have suffered a blow of destruction.

"The arrogant British soldiers have lost the courage and courage of their ancestors, the Saxons and Normans!" Marshal Markens only used one sentence to evaluate the performance of the British army in the North African battle.

The British Mediterranean fleet stationed in Alexandria was blocked in the port by the Austro-Hungarian fleet, and it was hopeless. Due to fear of being cut off by the German and Austrian coalition forces, Lieutenant General Robeck simply gave up the Port of Said, retreated all the remaining ships of the fleet across the canal, and concentrated them in the Port of Suez in the Gulf of Suez.

In fact, pessimism spread throughout the British army stationed in Egypt. Egypt could no longer defend, and it was only a matter of time before it was lost. But the question is whether to save less than 300,000 British troops stationed in Egypt, whether to withdraw them to India or Persia, or fight to the death with the German and Austrian coalition forces.

General Murray was removed from his post due to a major command error, and General Alanby replaced him as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Egypt.

After careful assessment, Allenby reported to the Secretary of the Army Sir Kitchener that Egypt could no longer defend. If the British troops stationed in Egypt were eliminated, then after the German and Austrian coalition forces crossed the Persian Gulf, Britain would risk losing India. Allenby believed that it would be better to give up North Africa and Asia Minor now, concentrate its forces and defend India with all its might.

The London cabinet had a fierce quarrel over whether to defend Egypt with all its might. In the end, the wartime cabinet agreed to Kitchener's suggestion and decided to give up Egypt and the Middle East.

"This is a painful decision. When this resolution was made, the vast majority of members of the wartime cabinet had realized that perhaps we had lost the entire war!" Churchill, who was reborn as the First Minister of Maritime Affairs, recalled helplessly in his memoirs.

However, the British blew up most canal facilities before retreating and sank dozens of transport ships in the channel to block the channel. Although the German and Austrian coalition had gained control of the Suez Canal, they could not use it for the time being. It would take as soon as half a year to clear out the entire channel.

Although the German and Austrian Navy opened up a channel to the Indian Ocean, it can only "sigh" now.

The entire Egyptian battle actually lasted until February 1918. During this period, under the tremendous pressure of the German-Austrian coalition forces, the Russian regime led by the Socialist Militant Labor Party finally had no choice but to sign the humiliating Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia almost lost all the Eastern European territory seized by the Romanov family and had to bear 3 billion rubles of war compensation.

In order to ensure safety, the Social Labor Party moved its capital to the relatively safe Moscow. However, in the national Duma elections held a month ago, although the Social Labor Party won the elections in Petrograd, Moscow and other places, the deployment failed to win the support of the people in the Don River Basin, the lower Volga River and the traditional Siberia and Central Asia. The Mensheviks and bourgeois parties won the elections in these areas, and the governments in these areas were also controlled by these people.

The Mensheviks, who won the general election, were looking forward to the Bundesliga party's power, but Ulyanov and others were unwilling to hand over the power and were planning to dissolve the parliament, claiming to bring all power to the Soviets.

A big storm is brewing.

Time entered 1918. On the front line of Russia, although the cold winter brought great inconvenience to the operations of the German and Austrian coalition forces, it still successfully forced the Russians to withdraw from the war.

The only thing that was dissatisfied with the outcome of the war was the Ottomans, who had not gained anything.

Their attack in the Caucasus mountains suffered another heavy losses. Under the command of Denikin, the strengthened Russian Caucasian Front completely shattered the attack of the Ottoman army. The Russian counterattack even approached Trazonbu for a time, causing great turmoil in the Ottoman country.

However, under the pressure of Germany and Austria, Denikin reluctantly ordered the troops to retreat and abandon most of the occupied Ottoman territory.

Lee Haydn tried his best to stop the German General Staff from sending troops to the Outgoso area.

"The war against Russia is over, and we do not need to oppose the Orthodox compatriots for the Ottomans. On the contrary, if the Turks do not stop persecution of the Armenians, we will stand on the side of the Russians!"

The Austro-Hungarian Emperor has even come to the Russian position now.

Although this approach made the Germans unhappy, the Germans are not going to have a quarrel with the Turks and Austrians now.

The German General Staff can only use delay tactics for the Ottoman request to send troops. (My novel "Under the Double Eagles" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)

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